This article is purely satirical. The statistics provided are only as reference. I do not condole the act of accessing or downloading pirated software on websites or P2P networks.

Recently, a Microsoft-sponsored research study was published to show that there was a “prevalence of malicious code and potentially unwanted software in pirated software”. That’s all well and good, but some of the statistics mentioned I found conveyed a very different message. And I’m sure I’m not alone.

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That seems about right if you use google to find your cracks. Just about ALL malicious software is added AFTER the crack has been released the the people that make them.Even then you have to be a GIANT n00b to get infected, it is very odvious when a crack is malicous. Just look at the NFO file included with the crack to get a list of all the files that should be in the package. Most of the time there is an extra file called Crack.exe or something similer which was added by the webmaster.

I have NEVER found a piece of malicious software in a bittorent file that I have downloaded (for testng purposes only of course. If you know where to get the cracks 98% are clean, and 1% are false postives when scanning with an Anitvirus and 0.9 dont actually work correctly and te rest are dangerous.